You know you’re Australian when …

27 May

Posted by Simon Harvey as humour

(shamelessly ripped off somewhere else on the ‘net …)

You’re familiar with Neighbours, Home and Away, Playschool, A Country Practice, Norman Gunston, Barry Humphries, Blue Heelers, Ray Martin, Bert Newton, Lisa McCune, Jon Burgess, Number 96, Molly Meldrum, Kerry O’Brien, and of course, Kerry Packer and Rupert Murdoch.
You know that Burger King doesn’t exist. It’s Hungry […]

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Gloves! Gloves! Utility Gloves!

17 May

Posted by Simon Harvey as lifehack

Now normally I wouldn’t get so excited about gloves, particularly given that I did (albeit grudgingly) grow up in a cold and wet part of the world, but I have recently seen the freehand, a nice little glove with an inbuilt pocket on the back. Nice and useful for holding iPods, Nanos, keys, etc. whist […]

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Generating Electricity, Water from Brewery Waste

03 May

Posted by Simon Harvey as environment

Finally, for those of you working in the Sunshine State, can also spend Monday’s Labor Day holiday marvelling at the potential life-changing discovery at the University of Queensland.
The propellerheads there have found a way of charging a battery cell using the waste water from the beer brewing process, with the waste being renewable CO2 and […]